Welcome to the Blog page! I will use this page to share brief messages, which I hope will be informative, inspirational, and challenging. I will post several messages a month on this page. I also will share some experiences in my ministry opportunities. I would invite any responses to the things posted here. That response could be sent by e-mail at johned@johnedmathison.org. For more information about John Ed Mathison Leadership Ministries, visit our website at www.johnedmathison.org.
The blog last week was entitled “Knowing Where You Are Going.” It stressed the importance of being sure about knowing where our directions are carrying us. We don’t need to wind up in a place or situation that could be avoided. I received a lot of comments about the blog and some interesting stories. One [...]
I had just boarded the airplane in Montgomery traveling to Atlanta. I was seated in First Class (this was commuter jet and all seats are First Class). There was a mother traveling with two little girls ages 3 and 5, who were seated just ahead of me. The flight attendant spoke to the mother and [...]
We have been in Afghanistan for eight years and spent billions of dollars trying to stabilize that country. Today coalition officials are concluding that a lack of qualified leaders is the biggest obstacle to creating a force there capable of standing on its own. Mark Moyer, a Harvard-educated professor, said it takes about 10 years [...]
I apologize for the formating on this March Recap. The bullet points want to move beside the photos and I can’t seem to make them stay in the appropriate place. John Ed said if he were here he could fix it. If you have trouble reading this and are not on our e-mail list, please [...]
The month of March offered a variety of different opportunities for ministry. It included a nine hour training with leaders from a local church, preaching at Dexter King Memorial Baptist Church, at Christchurch, at the Holy Spirit Conference, teaching and preaching in Buenos Aires and Cordoba, Argentina, and doing District Pastors’ Conferences in three different [...]